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Department of English
CB #3520 Greenlaw Hall
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
(919) 962-1988
janedan@email.unc.eduÊÊÊ
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Jane M. Danielewicz

Associate Professor

University of North Carolina

Chapel Hill

Department of English
CB #3520 Greenlaw Hall
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
(919) 962-1988
janedan@email.unc.eduÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ

Education

1987ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Ph.D., University of CaliforniaöBerkeley

1978ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ M.A., University of CaliforniaöBerkeley

1974ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ B.S., Rhode Island College (Providence, R.I.)

Dissertation: Differences between Spoken and Written Language: A developmental analysis of adults' and children's language in four contexts; Chair: Wallace L. Chafe. (406 pages)

Teaching Experience

2001-presentÊÊÊ Associate professor of English

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

1999-2001       Assistant professor of English

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

1995-1999ÊÊÊÊÊÊ Assistant professor of English and Education (joint)

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ University of North CarolinaöChapel Hill

1994-1995ÊÊÊÊÊÊ Clinical assistant professor of Education and English (joint)

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ University of North CarolinaöChapel Hill

1992-1994ÊÊÊÊÊÊ Clinical assistant professor of Education, Literacy Studies

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ University of North CarolinaöChapel Hill

1989-1992ÊÊÊÊÊÊ Assistant professor of English

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ St. John Fisher College (Rochester, NY)

1987-1989ÊÊÊÊÊÊ Assistant professor of Rhetoric

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Hobart and William Smith Colleges (Geneva, NY)

1986-1987ÊÊÊÊÊÊ Lecturer in the Writing Program, Department of English

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ University of CaliforniaöSanta Barbara

1985-1986ÊÊÊÊÊÊ Instructor in the Writing Program, Department of English

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY)

1985ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Instructor in English Composition, Liberal Arts Department

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, NY)

1983-1984ÊÊÊÊÊÊ Teaching Associate in Subject A (composition) Program

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ University of CaliforniaöBerkeley

Administrative Experience

2000-2001ÊÊÊÊÊÊ Director, Writing-Across-The-Curriculum (Link)

2000-2001ÊÊÊÊÊÊ Assistant Director, UNC Writing Program

1998-1999ÊÊÊÊÊÊ Acting Director, UNC Writing Program

Related Professional Experience

2000ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Invited Participant, Annual Symposium for the Study of Writing led by Peter Elbow, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (July)

1993 ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Visiting Scholar, Center for the Study of Writing, School of Education, University of CaliforniaöBerkeley.

1984ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Research assistant, Cognitive Science Program, University of CaliforniaöBerkeley, with Wallace Chafe.

1982-1983ÊÊÊÊÊÊ Research assistant, University of CaliforniaöBerkeley, with Sarah W. Freedman

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1980-1982ÊÊÊÊÊÊ Research assistant, University of CaliforniaöBerkeley, with Wallace Chafe

1979-1980ÊÊÊÊÊÊ Research Intern, Far West Laboratory (Educational Research), San Francisco, CA, with John Mergendolle

1977-1978ÊÊÊÊÊÊ Research Assistant, University of CaliforniaöBerkeley, with Robert Ruddell

 

Publications

Teaching Selves: Identity, Pedagogy, and Teacher Education.Ê Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.Ê 2001.Ê (216 pages)

ãWriting Letters Instead of Journals in a Teacher Education Course.äÊ In The Journal Book for Technical and Professional Programs.Ê Eds.Ê Susan Gardner, Westminster College, & Toby Fulwiler, University of Vermont.Ê Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann/Boynton-Cook, 1999: 92-105.

ãInventing Themselves as Teachers: Preservice teachers talk about theory in practice.ä

Teacher Education Quarterly 25.3 (1998): 29-46.Ê R.

ãLanguage Development and Literacyä (chapter 5).ÊÊ Child and Adolescent Development for Teachers.Ê Ed.Ê Judith L. Meece.Ê New York: McGraw-Hill, 1997: 238-319.ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ

ãDeveloping Voice in the Writing Classroom.ä Dialogue: a Journal for Writing Specialists 3.1 (1997): 23-40.ÊÊÊÊÊ R.Ê

ãChildrenâs discourse patterns and power relations in teacher-led and child-led sharing time.ä International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education 9.3 (1996): 311-331. With Dwight Rogers and George Noblit.Ê R.

"Sentences in Children's Spoken and Written Language.ä ÊMilwaukee Studies on Language 3 (1989): 15-26.Ê R.Ê

"Properties of Spoken and Written Language."Ê Comprehending Spoken and Written Language. Eds. Rosalind Horowitz and S. J. Samuels.Ê NY: Academic Press, 1987: 83-114. With Wallace Chafe.

"How 'Normal' Speaking Leads to 'Erroneous' Punctuating."Ê The Acquisition of Written Language: Revision and Response.Ê Ed. Sarah W. Freedman.Ê Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1986:ÊÊ 213-225. With Wallace Chafe.

"The Interaction Between Text and Context: A study of how adults and children use spoken and written language in four contexts." TheÊ Development of Oral and Written Language: Readings in Developmental and Applied Psycholinguistics. Ed. Anthony D. Pellegrini.Ê Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1984: 243-260.

Forthcoming Publications

ãA Collage: A Codaä (contributor).Ê Writing with Elbow.Ê Eds. Pat Belanoff and Charles Moran. Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, 2002 (expected).

Conferences and Papers

ãMaking Individual Voices Public Through Deliberative Writing Practices,ä panel session, ãPersonal Genres that Lead to Public Voices," organizer and presenter, College Composition and Communication Conference, Denver, CO, March 2001. ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ

ãUsing Grading Contracts to Evaluate Quality in Student Writing,ä presented at the Fourth International Conference for Global Conversations on Language and Literacy (NCTE); Utrecht, The Netherlands, August 2000.

ãGrading Contracts That Allow for Some Evaluation,ä a classroom sampler session, ãI Love to Teach but Hate to Grade,ä organizer and presenter, College Composition and Communication Conference, Minneapolis, MN, April 2000.

ãCritical Autobiography,ä a workshop session, ãTeaching the Personal in the Postmodern Classroom,ä organizer, chair, and presenter, College Composition and Communication Conference, Minneapolis, MN, April 2000.

ãWriting North Carolina Classrooms,ä a panel presentation for ãWriting Classrooms: a symposium on writing, reading, and teaching,ä organizer and presenter, conference sponsored by the University Program in Cultural Studies, The Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence, UNC Chapel Hill, March 3-4, 2000.Ê

ãReading Our Emotions about Grading as We Explore a More Rational Alternative: Contract Grading,ä a workshop session, The Biennial Conference on the Teaching of Writing, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, October 1999.Ê

ãDialogic Theory and Writing Practices,ä paper included as part of the workshop session ãClassroom Dialogues,ä organizer, chair, and presenter, College Composition and Communication Conference, Chicago, IL, March 1998.Ê

ãLiteracy Inside and Outside the University: a proto-service learning project,ä a paper delivered at the Southern Modern Language Association Conference, Atlanta, GA, November 1997.Ê

ãA Pedagogy for Constructing Teacher Identities,ä paper in a special session presented at the JCT Conference on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice, Bloomington, IN, October 1997.

ãClassroom Letters: Creating space for writers and writing.äÊ Paper presented.Ê Also chair and organizer for this session, ãLetters in the Writing Class: Dialogue and Reflection.äÊ College Composition and Communication Conference, Phoenix, AZ, March 1997.Ê

ãInquiring into Teacher Identity: An interactive performance.äÊ Paper performed with Alan Tom (School of Education, UNC Chapel Hill) at the JCT Conference on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice, Chattanooga, TN, October 1996.

ãLinking Teacher Identity to Reflective Practice.ä Paper presented at the College Communication and Composition Conference, Milwaukee, WI, March 1996.

ãProgrammatic conditions affecting the design of a new Secondary Teacher Education Program.äÊ Paper presented at the JCT Conference of Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice, Chattanooga, TN, October 1995.ÊÊ

ÊãSymphony and Cacophony: reflections on teaching in multiple voices,ä American Anthropological Association, Atlanta, GA, 1994.

"Children's Discourse Patterns and Power Relations in Teacher-Led and Child-Led Sharing Time," American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA, 1994.

"Inventing Themselves as Teachers: Pre-service teachers talk about theory and practice," University of Pennsylvania, Ethnography in Education Research Forum, Philadelphia, PA, 1994.

"Studying the Process of Change While Teaching the Process of Writing," University of Pennsylvania, ÊÊÊ Ethnography in Education Research Forum, Philadelphia, PA, 1993.

"Changing Texts, Changing Behavior, Changing Expectations: Transforming English 101." Sponsored by the MLA-FIPSIE project, Modern Language Association, New York, NY, 1992.

"Institutionalizing Collaborative Learning," Northeast Modern Language Association, Buffalo, NY, 1992.

"The Classroom as a Political Space: What do students want?" College Composition and Communication Conference, Cincinnati, OH, 1992.

"Authority, Autonomy, and Voice: a study of one college writer," College Composition and Communication Conference, Boston, 1991.

"Learning to Write about Ideas--Code or Culture?" With Marjorie Roemer, Department of English, University of Cincinnati, 1989.

"Women, Love, and Power: An analysis of conversational style in Philip Roth's The Professor of Desire," New York College English Association Conference, Buffalo, NY, 1989.

"Children's Spoken and Written Sentences," Conference on Literacy and Linguistics, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1988.

"How Dinner-Table Conversations and Academic Essays are Alike," Faculty Colloquium, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, 1988.

"What Writers Do That Speakers Don't," Colloquium on Research in Education, University of California, Berkeley, 1982.

ãDistinguishing Written from Spoken Language in Both Children and Adults," American Educational Research Association, Los Angeles, 1981.

Workshops

ãDeveloping Effective Academic Writing Assignments,ä a workshop for teaching assistants in the Expository Writing Program at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, May 2001.

ãWhat is academic writing and how do you teach it?ä a workshop on developing assignments that promote academic writing presented to teachers attending the South Coast Writing Project (SCWriP) Summer Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, July 1999.Ê

ãTeaching in the UNC Writing Program,ä a five-day orientation for new teaching fellows in the UNC writing program, August 1998.Ê

ãLiteracy Everyday and Everyday Literacy,ä a keynote presentation for the English Language Arts Summer Leadership Institute, Department of Public Instruction, Public Schools of North Carolina, Raleigh, June, 1997. Ê

Committee on Teaching in the School of Education Workshop (for UNC Faculty), concerning the improvement of teaching; co-presented with Ed Neal, Center for Learning and Teaching, Friday Center, February, 1996.

"Improving the Teaching of Writing," a half-day workshop for K-6 teachers at West Lake Elementary School (Wake County, NC), November 1993.

"Teaching Process Writing," a year-long collaborative project between teachers and university faculty at Holt Elementary School (Durham, NC) to improve the teaching of writing, September through May 1992-93.

"Writing Assignments That Generate Papers You Want to Read," Faculty Workshop on Writing, Keuka College, 1988. One-day workshop to help teachers design writing assignments sequenced throughout the semester.

Faculty Writing Workshops, sponsored by Morgan Guaranty Trust Company, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, June 1988 and June 1989. Ten-day workshops designed to assist faculty with scholarly writing and to incorporate writing into their courses.Ê Emphasis on writing across the curriculum--mathematics, political science, and economics.

Writing Workshop for General Education Faculty, Hobart and William Smith College, 1987. Workshop designed to help faculty incorporate writing into the general education course for first-year students.

Honors and Awards

2000-presentÊÊÊ Academy of Distinguished Teaching Scholars, inducted member, University of North CarolinaöChapel Hill

2000ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ J. Carlyle Sitterson Freshman Teaching Award (first recipient), Office of the Provost, University of North CarolinaöChapel Hill

1997ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Favorite Faculty Award, presented by The Senior Class of 1997, The General Alumni Association, and The Division of Student Affairs, University of North CarolinaöChapel Hill

1995ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Favorite Faculty Award, presented by The Senior Class of 1995, The General Alumni Association, and The Division of Student Affairs, University of North CarolinaöChapel Hill

1995ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Nominated (one of eight finalists) for the Studentsâ Undergraduate Teaching Award, University of North CarolinaöChapel Hill

1992-1993 ÊÊÊÊÊ J. Minor Gwyn Award for Teaching Excellence, School of Education, University of North CarolinaöChapel Hill

1990-1991 ÊÊÊÊÊ Teaching Excellence Award, St. John Fisher College

Grants and Fellowships

2001-2002ÊÊÊÊÊÊ Departmental Research and Study Leave (Fall and Spring semesters), English Department, UNC Chapel Hill

2000ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Contemplative Practice Fellowship, American Council of Learned Societies, New York, NY (June 1-August 31)

2000ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ UNC/IBM General College Curriculum Technology Enhancement Grant, College of Arts and Sciences, UNC Chapel Hill

1999ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Brandes Course Development Award, Honors Program, College of Arts and Sciences, UNC Chapel Hill

1998ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ University Research Council Grant, College of Arts and Sciences, UNC Chapel Hill

1998        ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊSchwab Fellows Opportunity Fund Grant, Institute for the Arts and Humanities, group proposal concerning university outreach and public intellectuals

1998        ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊChapman Family Faculty Fellowship (Spring semester 1998), Institute for the Arts and Humanities, College of Arts and Sciences, UNC

1997ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Departmental Research and Study Leave (Fall semester 1997), English Department, UNC Chapel Hill

1996ÊÊÊÊ ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Junior Faculty Development Award, Committee on Faculty Research and Study Leaves, Office of the Provost, UNC Chapel Hill

1992ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ J. Minor Gwyn Grant for Faculty Research (with Jill Fitzgerald), School of Education, UNC Chapel Hill

1988ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ St. John Fisher College Summer Stipend for Faculty Research

1983ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Chancellor's Patent Fund for Graduate Student Research (UC Berkeley)

1982ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Newhouse Foundation Grant for Dissertation Research (UC Berkeley)

1980-1982ÊÊÊÊÊÊ National Institute of Education Grant, Teaching and Learning Program, NIE-G-80-0125. "Features Differentiating Written from Spoken Language and Their Relation to the Writing Process."Ê Wallace Chafe, Principal Investigator.

1979ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Allen D. Wilson Memorial Scholarship (UC Berkeley)

Professional Service

2000ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ ãWriting Classrooms: a symposium on writing, reading, and teaching,ä
co-organizer for annual conference sponsored by the University Program in Cultural Studies, The Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence, UNC Chapel Hill, March 3-4, 2000.Ê

1999                                Traveling Fellow, The Institute for the Arts and Humanities.Ê ãNew Forms of Civic Leadership,ä White Oaks Conference Center, Charlotte, NC, October 22, 1999

1999ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Faculty Participant, seminar on the topic of education and technologyÊ with Mr. Selby Wellman and associates, Cisco Systems, Research Triangle Park, Institute for the Arts and Humanities, UNC Chapel Hill, January 22, 1999.

1998                                Traveling Fellow, The Institute for the Arts and Humanities.Ê ãKeeping Our Place in the New World, a Conversation about North Carolina: Civic Responsibility in the New World,ä home of UNC System President Molly Broad, Chapel Hill, NC, June 15, 1998.Ê

1998                                Traveling Fellow, The Institute for the Arts and Humanities. ãCommunity Leadership in a Changing and Diverse Society.äÊ Home of Weston and Marty Andress, Charlotte, NC, October 30, 1998.

1998                                Faculty Panelist,Ê ãWhat the University Means in Our Lives: An Exchange of Experiences,ä Autumn Saturday Conference, ãLeadership for the New Millennium,ä Institute for the Arts and Humanities, UNC Chapel Hill, October 24, 1998.Ê

Academic Service

2000-presentÊÊÊ Member, Placement Committee (assisting graduate students with professional development)

1999-presentÊÊÊ Coordinator, Rhetoric, Composition, and Literacy group, English Department, prior service1995-1997

1998-presentÊÊÊ Member, Chairâs Advisory Committee, English Department, UNC Chapel Hill

1998-1999ÊÊÊÊÊÊ Member, Administrative Team, English Department, UNC Chapel Hill

1998-1999ÊÊÊÊÊÊ Member, Curriculum Committee, English Department, UNC Chapel Hill

1996-1998ÊÊÊÊÊÊ Member, Professional Development School Team for Orange High School in Hillsborough, NC, SOE, UNC Chapel Hill

1994-1999ÊÊÊÊÊÊ MAT Planning and Program Committee, SOE, UNC Chapel Hill

1994-1997ÊÊÊÊÊÊ Committee on Teaching, School of Education, UNC Chapel HillÊ

1995-1996ÊÊÊÊÊÊ SCALE: member of the Search Committee for the Executive Director, UNC Chapel Hill

1995ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Curriculum Restructuring Task Force (Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools)

1994-presentÊÊÊ Undergraduate Thesis Director, SOE, UNC Chapel Hill

1993-1994ÊÊÊÊÊÊ Fusion Committee, School of Education, UNC Chapel Hill

1993-1998ÊÊÊÊÊÊ Undergraduate Advisor for the School of Education

1992-1993ÊÊÊÊÊÊ General College Advisor, School of Education, UNC

Professional Memberships

National Council of Teachers of English

College Composition and Communication

Modern Language Association

Thesis and Dissertation Direction

1999-2000ÊÊÊÊÊÊ Undergraduate Honors Thesis Director, Shannon Smith, ãEvidence of Inequality: Urban and Rural Schools in Zimbabwe, UNC Chapel Hill (Education)

1995-1997ÊÊÊÊÊÊ Co-Chair, Ph.D. dissertation, Marlene Meisels, ãBasic Writers and the Construction of Sentencesä UNC Chapel Hill (Literacy)

1997ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Masters Thesis Director, Amy McClung, ãConferencing with ESL Students in a University Writing Center,ä UNC Chapel Hill (English)

1995-1997ÊÊÊÊÊÊ Undergraduate Honors Thesis Director, Kelly Pender, ãWriting Teacher Identity: Discovering Beliefs through Autobiography,ä UNC Chapel Hill (English Education)

1991ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Honors Thesis Director, Jessica Huber, "Victory through Voice: Zora Neale Hurston's Janie.äÊ St. John Fisher College, Rochester NY.

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